Chad Cooper

Topic: William Shakespeare is one of the all time best writers

1. William Shakespeare is recognized as one of literature’s greatest influences
2. William was born in 1564
3. Shakespeare was the eldest son of Mary Arden, the daughter of a local landowner
4. William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon
5. Very little is known about Shakespeare early life
6. When Shakespeare was 15, a woman from a nearby village drowned in the Avon. Her death was ruled accidental but it may have been a suicide
7. In Hamlet Shakespeare left open the question whether Ophelia died accidentally or by her own hand
8. Hamlet was first printed in 1603
9. Shakespeare was known in his day as a very rapid writer
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